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Old 27th Feb 2017, 11:18
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For example, an airliner flying at FL 370 at Mach 0.85, by calculation has an IAS of around 300 knots.
Above FL 200 slats / flaps deployment is outside the operating envelope. (Limitations).

See what happened to TWA 841 in 1979. TWA_Flight_841_(1979)
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